| A | B |
|---|
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Benito Mussolini | dictator of the Italian people, promised to return them to the glory days of the Roman Empire. |
| Joseph Stalin | Leader of the USSR (formerly Russia) during W.W.II. |
| Allied Powers | Great Britain, US, USSR, France, China and 41 other countries. |
| Nazi | National Socialist Workers Party, German political party whose leader was Adolf Hitler. |
| Isolationism | policy or belief that a nation should limit its alliances and involvement in international political and economic affairs |
| internment | name given to camps set to house Japanese-American citizens during W.W.II. Sometimes called detention camps or relocation camps. |
| Fascism | a form of government in which a dictator and supporters cooperate to seek more power for their nation, usually at the expense of rights of individuals. |
| Adolf Hitler | Leader of the Nazi party, dictator of Germany |
| Winston Churchill | leader of Great Britain during W.W.II |
| Lend Lease Act | US would lend goods to Great Britain which the British would return or replace after the war. |
| Pearl Harbor | a harbor in Hawaii (a US territory at the time), home of the US Pacific fleet. Surprise attack on December 7, 1941 by the Japanese. |
| Blitzkrieg | lightning war, name given to Germany’s rapid/brutal march through Poland |
| Appeasment | policy of compromising or giving in to demands in an attempt to avoid trouble and maintain peace. |
| Battle of Britain | battle between Germany and Britain for control of the skies over Great Britain |
